WCPSS will have 30 students attending the Governor School West at Salem College in Winston-Salem and 27 students attending the Governor School East at Meredith College in Raleigh. The 2010 session runs from June 13 - July 24.
Twenty-two of the WCPSS students are attending for instrumental music, 12 for drama and six for dance. Other students will study math, English, sciences or foreign language.
Students were nominated to attend by their local school superintendents. Each school system was allotted a certain number of nominations based on its 10th- and 11th-grade populations. The Governor's School curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline and does not involve credit, tests or grades.
This is the first year a tuition fee is required for students to attend Governor's School. Due to the state's economic situation, funding to cover program costs was reduced, which resulted in a $500 tuition fee for each student.
Tuition payments are the responsibility of the public school system, charter school or private school that nominated the student. Each school or school system will determine how it will assess and collect the fee.
In Wake County, the Board of Education approved the district paying $250 for each Wake County student selected. Parents will pay the other $250.
The Governor's School of North Carolina, founded in 1963 by former Gov. Terry Sanford, is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. The program, which is open to rising seniors only, with exceptions made for rising juniors in selected performing/visual arts areas.
The following WCPSS students were selected to attend the 2010 Governor’s School:
Governors School East
Caitlyn J. Kurilich, art
Stephanie L. Davis, dance
Victoria M. Petermann, dance
Yasamin E. Sanii, dance
Alyssa A. LaVacca, drama
Jackson C. Bloom, drama
Margaret C. Aldridge, drama
Peter F. Estes, choral music
Morgan R. Habig, choral music
Kaitlin W. Perkinson, choral music
Ken Akiyama, choral music
Alicia M. Reid, choral music
Brennan S. Clark, choral music
Brittany L. Johnson, choral music
Elizabeth C. Unger, instrumental music
Jason M. Nance, instrumental music
Jasmine A. Tilden, instrumental music
Danny A. Khalil, instrumental music
Carolyn M. Caggia, instrumental music
Nancy L. Lamb, instrumental music
Minjeong Kim, instrumental music
Michael B. Anderson, instrumental music
Alexander G. Keith, French
Nikesh D. Doshi, natural science
Rishi Simha, social science
Miguel A. Quinto, social science
Neel Mandavilli, social science
Governor’s School West
Teresa S. Lacks, art
Rachel L. Quirin, dance
Neelam Y. Patel, dance
Matthew W. Zimmerman, dance
Gloria R. Yoo, choral music
Chelsea M. Cole, choral music
Desiree N. Marcano, choral music
Rosalee A. Bailey, choral music
Rachel S. Webb, choral music
Taylor A. James, instrumental music
Suqi Huang, instrumental music
Shuhei Tsurumi, instrumental music
Patrick J. Jones, instrumental music
Ryan R. Petersburg, instrumental music
Michael A. Hopkins, instrumental music
Michael A. McNeill, instrumental music
Mengqi Li, instrumental music
Kevin R. Orro, instrumental music
Cara M. Williams, instrumental music
Erica M. Spear, instrumental music
Danyelle C. Wesselkamper, instrumental music
Daria J. Jung, instrumental music
Drew W. Butkowski, instrumental music
Alecia N. Smith, English
David Rhee, math
Erin C. Edmonds, math
Yuchen Long, math
Breanna C. Johnson, natural science
Amitha R. Gade, natural science
Abigail E. Peoples, Spanish
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